Category: family

Contamination

I have bacterial contamination!! No, it’s not an infection, it’s “contamination”. Well, that’s what Dr. Wilson says, and boy is it pretty. Lucky for you, I forgot to bring the camera. Stupid, stupid, stupid! The green discharge around the bloody staples, bruises and redness was impressive. I get to take a really good antibiotic for […]

Old Pictures – King of TP

I was going through old pictures in iPhoto trying to organize the chaos (over 9,000 pictures from the last five years, only the last two years in categories) and I found these.\ Max had just turned four (I think) and got into the toilet paper stash. He created snow, a sandbox, a hat, and I […]

Tips For The Couch-Bound

Stuck on the couch with a laptop? Tired of your trackpad? ‘\ I have a little Kensington optical mouse I bought for travelling. It’s tiny (and so cute!), but it works really well on the couch cushion! So, I’m no longer bound by my clumsy fat fingers. I have true computing mobility again!!\ It’s the […]

baby Brian

Say WHAT?

I just received a call from the school’s counselor that Max said that an adult hurt him. Heads will role, my friends, heads will role.\ In reality, the class was talking about being a friend and Max said one time an adult hurt him. After class, the counselor took him to her office and they […]

Nurse Ratchet to the rescue!

I’m a baaad mom

My Boys: Halloween Edition

My boys, taken by their Aunt Heather. Brian was a dinorsaur and Max was a Reese’s Peanut Butter cup, breaking his three year streak as Spiderman.\ We’re not sure what kind of dinosaur Brian was. He was either the fearsome Droolosaur, or the tame and cuddly Brianosaur.\ I’m sorry I missed it all, but they […]

Gore Gore Gore

And I’m not talking about the 2000 election. Yeah, I’m totally over it by now. This is my favorite picture of my poor ankle. That incision is impressive, isn’t it? It’s three times longer than my ACL scar. It’s longer than Jen’s caesarian scar (she said I should post that bit of info).\ I’m stuck […]

First Post-Op Appointment